Hello, all. I've decided that I want to try my hand at building a home studio and I was wondering if you all could help me with the basics. The music I plan to create consists mainly of hip hop influences and will be composed of a mixture of samples and live instrumentation. Some of what I plan to buy at the moment includes:

Here's my first ever DAW. I have very little idea of what I'm doing.

Computer: Pentium 4 3Ghz DDR2-533 operating in single channel memory mode. 500mb Ram. XP pro. 200 gig.

Starting with Reaper software and EZ Drummer...

Audio interface: Echo Mia

OLD Gear List:
-Console- Digidesign C|24-$9000
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/C24/
-Mic- (Thinking Neumann)-$2000
-Monitors-(Thinking Dynaudio) -$1000
-Preamp- Digidesign PRE- $2000

Hi, I finally bought a MOTU 8 pre and seem to have gotten it working ok. Haven't really tried to record much yet. But I have a question about using monitors. I have the monitors plugged into the back of the motu. I have my electronic drums going into the interface.

I was thinking to start to record people for free. So that I can acquire more skills, and no one will be pissed at each other. I am not that new to the whole process. So I was thinking of giving of 2 hours of recording for free, and if they like it they can pay me as much as they want. I really don't know what is the best strategy in my situation.

Well I was not very happy with the way my vocals were recording. I thought about it and decided to do more acoustic treatment. Since my recording studio is my bedroom I was originally going to keep it to a minimum.

I realized quickly I had to change my original plan. I treated my room with a lot of the auralex foam squares.

Hello, Im building a home project studio for random uses, lemme give you the low down of my situation. Im currently 15, highschool student. I work during the summer at school as IT work, and do freelance web design and PHP programming. My budget is limited and so is my time. Heres what I've got to work with so far:

Has anyone heard about this strange and interesting hoax?

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Pretty funny, actually, and anyone who's ever recorded with a DAW will be nodding their head in agreement when they read some of this. Looks like they used Adobe Audition to discredit some of the works. (No idea what the perpetrators used in the first place. )

For those who hate to read, the main points:
Just starting
$4-5k budget
Transforming my basement
Style: Acoustic guitar, vocals, some electric
Information on setting up acoustics for a room
Looking for: a nice 'real' sound
Estimated costs / suggestions: mixers, compressors, mics, the works

I have know since I set up shop that the LF in my monitoring environment had some peaks. Not as bad as a bedroom, but definitely not smooth. (The monitors are B&W 801series III which can definitely reproduce 25Hz, and flat to boot.)